Jonathan van Ness, Queer Eye star, comes out as HIV+

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35 minutes ago, pachinko said:

This is why I don't have sex. 

After I heard that some people have kinks about spreading HIV on purpose, I will never EVER hook up with anybody. 

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In a New York Times interview published on Sept. 21, Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness revealed he's HIV-positive and how he talks about it in his forthcoming memoir, Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love (out Sept. 24).

JVN recalled that at 25 years old, he fainted in a salon, and, after visiting a Planned Parenthood clinic the next day, he tested positive for HIV. “That day was just as devastating as you would think it would be,” he wrote in his book, per NYT. He further explained that he's now healthy and also described himself as an out-and-proud “member of the beautiful H.I.V.-positive community.” (JVN identifies as nonbinary and prefers he/him pronouns.)

 

Source: https://www.bustle.com/p/why-jonathan-van-ness-revealed-his-hiv-status-in-his-new-book-18792442

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17 hours ago, Bae said:

After I heard that some people have kinks about spreading HIV on purpose, I will never EVER hook up with anybody. 

It's scary how real and deep that actually is. What's scarier are those who go out looking for people like that to in turn be able to do it.